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Samsung can drop One UI 6.0 beta anytime, starting with Galaxy S23
For a few years, Samsung has been following the same pattern of rolling out new One UI updates to its devices, so on the basis of past records, the company is all set to reveal the new generation One UI, i.e. One UI 6.0. However, initially, for testing purposes, the Korean giant will release it in small parts as beta updates. It is expected that the first beta update will be available in the next few days.
The first One UI 6.0 beta update will be available for the Galaxy S23 devices
Whenever Samsung has to release any fresh One UI update, it always chooses the latest flagship devices; more specifically, it always starts with new Galaxy S series devices; so on that note, by following this criteria, the Galaxy S23 is the obvious contender of getting the first beta update before any Galaxy devices.
Samsung has made a new section called “One UI 6.0” on its online forums for people in India and the US. We can confirm this for India, but we’re not sure about the US yet. They plan to let Galaxy S23 fans in these countries try out the beta version of Android 14 and One UI 6 when it becomes available.
Samsung has also made new forum sections for the One UI 6.0 Beta Program for Galaxy S23, Galaxy S23+, and Galaxy S23 Ultra. These forums are currently empty, but they can be found on Samsung’s official websites for India and the US. This suggests that Samsung is getting ready to start the One UI 6.0 Beta Program for the Galaxy S23 series.
What to expect with the beta updates?
As said earlier, the beta software updates are part of the testing phase; in these updates, the company introduce all the features of the coming One UI update. However, it presents new changes or improvements in several parts, like in three or four software updates. These updates will be only available for users who will be enrolled in the beta program from their devices; while updating the device with the new beta update, users will also be able to give feedback directly to the company.
For starters, the One UI 6.0 will be a significant update for Samsung smartphones; as per the earlier reports, the new One UI update will improve multitasking and several existing functions of the devices; along with this, it is expected that the update will also introduce some new features like multiuser profiles, passkeys for native apps, emoji wallpaper generator, native app lock and One UI boot animation.
These Galaxy devices will get One UI 6.0 beta update after Galaxy S23
Samsung has already issued the policy of giving at least four major updates to its high-end devices, so based on that policy, several devices which are released in the period of last three years are already eligible to get the One UI 6.0 beta update, including Galaxy S22, Galaxy Z Flip 4, Galaxy Z Fold 4, Galaxy Z Flip 5 and Galaxy Z Fold 5.
After successfully testing the beta updates to the mentioned devices, the Korean giant will unveil its full-fledged update (stable update) to the devices. To get the information on stable update eligible devices of One UI 6.0, click here.
The first quarter of 2024 is already over; during this interval, Samsung has introduced several Galaxy smartphones of particular belonging, such as the flagship Galaxy S24 series, the Galaxy A55 and Galaxy A35, the mid-range ones, the Galaxy A15 and Galaxy F15, the budgetable ones, and many more. But the fact is, after being the latest smartphones, they have a lack of ‘charging speed.’
Undoubtedly, Samsung is leading the tech industry with its top-notch features, design, and larger batteries, as compared to other Android manufacturers, but despite all this, it has a massive lack of charging speed. Samsung usually attaches larger batteries to its Galaxy smartphones to enhance the users’ non-stop-using experience. But a larger battery isn’t worth it unless it has a good charging speed.
On the other hand, Chinese manufacturers are equipping their smartphones with charging speeds north of 100W, whereas 45W is the maximum speed you can get on Galaxy smartphones. However, even 45W charging is quite rare among Galaxy phones. Samsung has launched most of the Galaxy devices in the last couple of years, including the flagship with support for 25W.
Here we are making things easy for you if you are looking to buy a Galaxy smartphone that debuted in 2024 with the support of 45W charging speed by mentioning a list of devices:
- Galaxy S24 Ultra
- Galaxy S24+
- Galaxy F55
- Galaxy M55
- Galaxy C55
The list is quite short, even considering that the Galaxy F55, M55, and C55 are just rebranded variants of the same smartphone for different regions. Now Samsung is setting up to launch its next-generation foldable devices, the Galaxy Z Fold 6 and Galaxy Z Flip 6, in July, but it is yet to be confirmed whether these devices will get a boost in charging speeds from 25W or not.
The Korean brand – Samsung has recently announced its two mid-range Galaxy smartphones – Galaxy A55 5G and Galaxy A35 5G. A new benchmark listing has a spot for Samsung’s affordable smartphone, Galaxy35 5G.
Samsung is now gearing up for its next affordable Galaxy smartphone, the M35 5G, as the reports are unvunveilhey have found a new benchmark listing for Samsung the Galaxy M35 5G.
The smartphone has been spotted with the model number as an identification code – SM-M356B on the Geekbench 6.2.2 database. Not only this, but it also confirmed the presence of 6GB of RAM and Android 14 OS. The chipset also came to know which is the latest Exynos 1380.
The codename for the motherboard is also mentioned, which is ‘s5e8835.’ The reports say that it has scored 656 and 1967 points in performance scores on the benchmarking platform. Exynos 1380 is the latest chipset of the Korean brand, which is a 5 nm processor. It consists of 4 Cortex A78 cores, which clock at 2.4GHz, and 4 Cortex A55 cores, which clock at 2.0GHz. It is coupled with a Mali g68 MP5 GPU. It also has an AI Engine.
This also offers connectivity options, which include the latest Bluetooth version 5.3 and Wi-Fi 802.11 ax with three bands. It supports a camera resolution of at least 200MP for capturing images, and for video recording, there is support for up to 30fps 4K recording. The storage supported is UFS v3.1, and RAM will be of the LPDDR4x/5 type.
Samsung has recently debuted its two smartphones, Galaxy A55, and Galaxy A35; the Galaxy A35 5G smartphone is powered by Exynos 1380 chipset. From this perspective, Galaxy M35 5G could be a variant of Galaxy A35.
At the moment, no specs and features of the device have been revealed or leaked. Still, since Galaxy M series smartphones usually have a bit higher battery power of at least 6000mAh, the forthcoming Galaxy M35 5G smartphone also arrives with the same battery power.
Firmware
Verizon rolls out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices
Verizon has rolled out the March 2024 security patch update for the Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 devices. Earlier, these devices had received the same update outside the US, but now they are gradually expanding to the US.
The Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 are spotted getting new updates with the firmware version numbers F926USQS5HXBD and F711USQS6HXBD, respectively. It is worth noticing the update is currently available for the devices locked to Verizon, but it will soon be available on more carriers.
For your information, the latest update for Galaxy Z Fold 3 and Galaxy Z Flip 3 doesn’t bring any significant changes, but as it is the latest security patch, it will provide some internal fixes to maintain the security of the devices.
If you are getting some other issues from the last update, you should also update the device to the latest update, as it may also address some issues. Along with the update, other improvements may also be made to enhance the overall performance of the devices.
Suppose you use the Galaxy Z Fold 3 or Flip 3 device in the US. In that case, you can update the device to the latest version by simply going to the system settings and then to the software update. If you haven’t received the update, you should wait for some time, as it may arrive in the next few days.